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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2858780,"song":"The Approaching Curve","artist":"Rise Against","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2858780-the-approaching-curve-chords-by-rise-against/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2858780?type=chord","rating":4.88018,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe music played with a calming frequency[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe speakers gently seeped with sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOf ambient keyboards and light percussion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCreating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThrough curtains of blackness, the windows were cold to the touch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nReflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSalt stains and fingerprints littered the glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd streaks of melting snow cascaded down its length[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe music pulsed louder, yet gentle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLike the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe skyline was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo degrees in the last twenty minutes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNor had we spoken[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLong since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Why are you doing this?\" she spoke as if not expecting a response[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHer voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo suddenly that my heart had jumped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"I'm not doing anything,\" I said, but I didn't even believe that myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"This is what's best, for me, for you, for us,\" or maybe just for me I thought[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs a tear formed in the pit of her eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe music poured through the speakers and[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were losing ourselves in the cadence[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA bit longer than a standard blink[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen she was crying, then she was shouting. Then I was shouting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe barely even knew the questions[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLong since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill steal tonight (will steal tonight)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey'll remember, only our smiles cause that's all they've seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A/E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLong since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs we were, so perfect, so happy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOur cracking voices became part of the music.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe car pressed on faster through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs our voices lowered the cadence again overtook the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp ahead there was a curve approaching[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe made no indications of slowing[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBm Bm A A\nG  G  G A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nBm G A G x4\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Bm","A","G","D","F#m","A/E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}